Now that's a very interesting option that I hadn't thought about. I wanted him for the Michigan gig a couple years ago, and I could see him projecting pretty well to the NFL. I think he'd probably have to move to a bigger college program before he'd get serious looks from owners.

We've seen coaches hired from Stanford and Rutgers in recent years to the NFL. I don't think Northwestern is really that big of stretch.

Who cares. Hundreds of successful coordinators failed at head coaching job.

Scottenheimer knows football. Big knocks on him is he worked with inexperienced head coach in Mangini and Ryan. He finally works with Jeff Fisher who is a veteran head coach this year.

Also, offensive coordinator and defensive coordinator have to be good hires under Scottenheimer to run the team successfully. That is all Scottenheimer has to do. Calling plays is not his best suit but managing the team should be his best suit.